Terms Related to Unipolar Depression

• Psychotic Mood Disorder

  Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, …

• Cyclothymic Disorder

  An affective disorder characterized by periods of depression and hypomania. These may be separated by periods of normal mood.

• Reactive, Psychotic Depression

  Disorders in which the essential feature is a severe disturbance in mood (depression, anxiety, elation, and excitement) accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, …

• Cyclothymic Personality

  An affective disorder characterized by periods of depression and hypomania. These may be separated by periods of normal mood.

• Bipolar Depression

  A major affective disorder marked by severe mood swings (manic or major depressive episodes) and a tendency to remission and recurrence.